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God this is just the coolest thing. Iga always seemed to take an almost perverse delight in subverting the idea of playing as a Belmont in his Castlevania games. I think the only ones that was just a straight forward Belmont protagonist was Juste and Leon. Every other game he helmed, you were specifically NOT playing as a Belmont for the main story. I think that was mostly motivated by a desire for gameplay variety, since other protagonists could use weapons that weren't just. You know. The whip. But it ALSO allowed them a lot of creative control over being able to do cool shit like this, where the Belmont is a boss fight.

This moment hits even more strongly than the fight with Julius in Aria. That was cool and impactful and all, but this fight has even more weight thrown behind it because this is TREVOR. This is the protagonist we played as in Castlevania 3. And he's in his prime too, Julius was shaking off a pretty bad bender by the time of his fight, but here Trevor is fresh only three years off from his fight with Dracula. Making this initial encounter an unwinnable boss fight was the right call, it really hammers home just how insanely powerful Trevor is after slaying Dracula. Hector is probably lucky to be alive considering how stupidly he handled that question - I mean it's OBVIOUS the dude was asking about Isaac bro, why are you completely incapable of lateral thinking? x3

I really love how Trevor describes the events of Castlevania 3 as "the war" against Dracula. For us it was just ten or so levels of 2D platforming. But for the characters in universe it was a whole bloody conflict against the forces of darkness. Trevor proudly attributing his success to the help from his friends always makes me feel so warm and fuzzy inside. He didn't stand alone! He fought alongside Sypha! And Alucard! And absolutely nobody else =^B justice for Grant

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In light of Riot Games laying off 11% of their staff globally, I want to make a series of posts highlighting the portfolios of those affected, so that we can appreciate their contributions to the world of Runeterra and continue to support them. You can find a full list of those affected here.

HEARTSTEEL visdev (source)

Star Guardians - Everything Goes On visdev (source)

Arcane Jinx - TFT Cinematic Concept Art (source)

Spirit Blossom Promo Illustrations (source)

Eternals Key Art (source)

It’s 4 am. Miraak big naturals

that’s my masterpiece for this month! it took longer than i expected ( i chilled most time lol)

Isn’t that the real thing that happened between them????

+ keyshorts that i like the most! hope you’ll enjoy it, it costs me whole sleepless night ahahahah

Stop praying for grandpa he’s too powerful

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...As I was drawing this, I kept thinking about how it reminded me of something and it turns out it was this:

In 2002, a flood in Prague caused some streets to collapse into a series of unknown underground tunnels. And just like that, a legit 16th cent. alchemist laboratory was discovered.

10 years of discovery, repair, and restoration later, it’s now open for tours.

On the outside, only a house was visible and it was used as a pharmacy in its time. Alchemists were notoriously secretive, so none but those on the inside knew about the tunnel system below where potions were made.

A room dedicated to herb storage. Many of the herbs in the potions came from China and India. The house was conveniently located by major trade routes.

Notice an alligator (or croc/caiman) above the left side. There were lots of stuffed animals, bottles, and books. Since few people in Europe had ever seen alligators/crocodiles, they were said to be the bodies of dragons, and were thought to guard the alchemists.

The alchemists were so secretive, they did everything themselves, down to making the glassware for their elixirs.

A stone in the wall that covered a hidden vault in the underground tunnels. Historians uncovered that it held a single bottle of ‘The Elixir of Life’ and the recipes for it, and the elixirs of love and memory.

This bookcase is an exact replica of the original, which was too damaged to restore. A statue on the right side (in the dark area on the third shelf from the top) is the door knob/switch to a secret sliding door.

Monks now recreate the elixirs exactly as detailed in the instructions and each of the elixirs (and blends!) are for sale in their shop. The only change is that the Elixir of Life does not contain opium as is instructed, since it’s now illegal.

I haven't mentioned the subject in probably many years. I don't "hate" things but I strongly disagree with all of the final artistic choices it made, which were all mandated by Disney anyway. At one time, it was going to be a very different stylistic fantasy movie based on such a great fairy tale. Not only was the production forced to scrap almost all of it but the final product feels visually lifeless to me for a CG movie of its time. The character that became Elsa went through many earlier designs as an awesome looking sorceress, and the whole idea was going to be to do a movie with a classic Disney style "villain" who turns out to be the real heroine all along.

We could have had this as a Disney protagonist:

Or any of these: